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Can You Hear US Knocking?

The FBI approached Michael Cohen’s door with a search warrant reportedly looking for alleged Trump-related hush payments. At that moment, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's #TrumpRussia probe kicked into overdrive.

When the feds raided the president attorney's office and residences they were looking for records of payments to women alleging affairs with his client, Donald Trump. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, not special counsel Robert Mueller, personally approved the searches. Raids on Trump’s Lawyer Sought Records of Payments to Women https://nyti.ms/2GMtC21

Another Republican, acting U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, reportedly recused himself from the New York raids. Trump-appointed US attorney recused from Michael Cohen investigation - ABC News - https://abcn.ws/2HnWISw

@POTUS reportedly sought to fire Robert Mueller, again, in December. This is separate from another episode, earlier last year, where the president had to be talked out of trying to fire the special counsel. Trump Sought to Fire Mueller on December https://nyti.ms/2v1Pelz

And Trump reportedly is on the verge of firing Rosenstein now in the wake of this week’s searches. Trump considering firing Rosenstein to check Mueller @CNNPolitics https://cnn.it/2GMOd6h